re: La Flood Recovery Funds - RESTORE

There's a distinction where we are talking about a real natural disaster. Sandy hitting the northeast was more likely than this flood. Two hurricanes the size of Rita and Katrina hitting in the same year were more likely than this flood. Should I have had insurance? Hindsight says yes, of course. But I don't have earthquake insurance either. Do you?

As for getting "bailout" money... I didn't "qualify" for much of it. Apparently, because I didn't have 10 kids, went to college and found a good job, and don't live above my means, I'm in too good of a situation for government help. And maybe I am. Thanks for friends and family and because we were smart enough to have a decent savings account, we aren't hurting like many other people. But I still owe a lot of money. Even on top of all that help and everything we did ourselves...